Blackwood
Coal
Partridge,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519078
Blackwood has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
23
significant & substantial
$30,686
proposed penalties
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,541 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 577 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Blackwood has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
55 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Blackwood shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.52 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 55 samples.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Most recent sample: 2008-03-21.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2008-01-25.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2008-01-16.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter |
Hours worked |
Citations |
S&S |
Per 1M hrs |
| 2008 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2008 Q2 |
2,226 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 |
24,508 |
13 |
6 |
530.4 |
| 2007 Q4 |
21,813 |
11 |
2 |
504.3 |
| 2007 Q3 |
18,626 |
11 |
4 |
590.6 |
| 2007 Q2 |
4,808 |
23 |
11 |
4783.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2008 · 3 incidents
Cumberland River Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall in the #7 heading between crosscuts #17 and #19. Fall was approximately 100' ling and from 1' to 10 feet in height. Most equipment had been moved from the section prior to the fall and the rest of the equipment is now removed. Section has been abandoned.
Cumberland River Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall in #6 heading between intersection #18 and #19. Fall was 50 feet long and 3 to 8 feet high. Area was cribbed off and equipment was being moved off the section.
Cumberland River Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall at 18 crosscut between #4 and #5 entries. Fall was approximately 10 feet long and between 3 and 5 feet thick. Area was cribbed off.
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